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Communal spaces available to the future residents of Zaha Hadid Architects' 520 West 28th project in New York's Chelsea are revealed in these images, which show a skylit swimming pool, a striated IMAX theatre and a bright gymnasium.

As the 11-storey condo building nears completion and the last of the 39 luxury residences wait to be sold, the photoset offers a glimpse of the building's opulent amenities that could entice the final few buyers.

The residences, with interiors demonstrated by a pair of show apartments, are accompanied by a 75-foot-long (23-metre) swimming pool topped with a huge curvaceous skylight.

The pool forms part of the building's wellness level, where a dimly lit spa features a hot tub and plunge pool with glazed doors to a steam room, rainforest showers, treatment beds and a sauna, all of which can be reserved for private use.

A fully equipped gymnasium, also on this level, includes columns that taper outwards towards the ceiling to form beams lined with lights. These curving forms are mimicked in a white bench that forms a resting spot in the gym, which will be open 24 hours, along with a juice-bar to re-fuel.

The photos also reveal an IMAX cinema – one of the first of its kind in a private development. Slanted, black slats with curved edges wrap the room designed for private movie nights or parties.

Another reservable entertainment area is located in the building's lobby, and comprises a kitchen and terrace facing towards the popular High Line elevated park. The outdoor area was landscaped by Brooklyn-based Future Green Studio to include a green wall and water installation.

There is also a robotic parking system that parks and retrieves resident's cars on call. Other high-tech features include an automated storage system similar to those found in Swiss banks inside the building, which retrieves valuable from hidden vaults and brings them to a secure space.

The project, unveiled in 2013, is the late Zaha Hadid's first in New York. Since then, her firm has proposed for a supertall tower for a Midtown Manhattan site owned by the Kushner family, but it was announced this week that the project is unlikely to go ahead.